Zoonotic Infections News

The FDA has approved the first pathogen reduction system for use in plasma preparation, according to a press release.

The estimated cumulative incidence of confirmed Ebola among health care workers in Sierra Leone is more than 100-fold greater than in other adults, according to a report in MMWR.

There were 1,993 travelers returning from Ebola-stricken areas who were screened from Oct. 11 to Nov. 10 as part of the United States’ entry screening program implemented at five international airports, according to a CDC report in MMWR.

The CDC and WHO recommend that those who travel to chikungunya risk areas cover exposed skin with long-sleeved shirts, pants and hats, and use an appropriate insect repellent to prevent mosquito bites as there is no commercially available chikungunya vaccine.

The NIH expects to admit a patient exposed to Ebola virus to its clinical center in Bethesda, Md., later today.

A WHO rapid response team confirmed a spike in Ebola cases in the remote diamond district of Kono in eastern Sierra Leone adjacent to Guinea.

Three experimental Ebola vaccines have received legal protection from liability and compensation claims, according to a press release.

Worldwide cases of malaria and malaria-related deaths have greatly declined since 2000, according to data recently published in the World Malaria Report 2014.

The combined use of insecticidal bed nets and spraying insecticide inside homes was no more effective at protecting children against malaria than the use of bed nets alone, according to the results of a cluster randomized trial published in The Lancet.

A new method for detecting Ebola virus in saliva instead of blood by using a novel nanoparticle technology is under development, according to a press release.